#EDD596#EDD596

#EDD596 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.085 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD596
RGB	rgb(237, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(43, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(43, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 36.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.91, -0.49, 34.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.91, 34.21, 90.81°)
OKLab	oklab(87.84% 0.0007 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(87.84% 0.085 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.2256, 67.7973, 38.5513)
Luminance	0.6780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD596 #96AEED

analogous

#EDA996 #EDD596 #D9ED96

triadic

#EDD596 #96EDD5 #D596ED

tetradic

#EDD596 #96EDA9 #96AEED #ED96D9

square

#EDD596 #96EDA9 #96AEED #ED96D9

split-complementary

#EDD596 #96D9ED #A996ED

monochromatic

#DBAB2E #E4C062 #EDD596 #F6EACA #FBF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EDD596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#EDD596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD596

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD596	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.085 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e1b5',
    500: '#edd596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd596;
$custom-light: #f4e1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8784,
    "c": 0.08483,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD596

secondary

#5E7CC9

accent

#48D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD596

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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